Cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers.



No. 690,654. Patented Ian. 7, 1902 I F. H. L. JAMES. CLEANSING TRUNK FOR COTTON OR. OTHER 'PIGKERS.

(Application filed. Aug. 80, 1901.) v (No Model.) r 3 Shear-Shoat l.

Patented Ian. 7, I902.

F. H. L. JAMES.

CLEANSING TRUNK FOB COTTON OR OTHER PICKEBS.

(Application filed Aug. 30, 1901. (N o M o d e l 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

.WTHESEE:

No. 690,654. 1 Patented Ian. 7, I902.

F. H. L. JAMES.

CLEANSING TRUNK FOR COTTON OR OTHER PIGKERS.

(Application filed Aug. 30. 1901.)

(No Model.) I 3 SheetsSheet 3.

ryiycnmg runs 00., wpTamm-i-Mimuamu. n (2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. L. JAMES, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SAOO AND PETTEE MACHINE SHOPS, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. I

CLEANSING-TRUNK FOR COTTON O OTHER PICKERS.

SPECIFICATIGN forining part of Letters Patent NO. 690,654, dated January 7, 1902. Application filed August 30, 1901. Serial No: 73,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK I-I. L. JAMEs,

the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom- 1O panying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention is represented as applied to an inclined cleansingtrunk; and it relates to means for receiving, releasing, and feeding I 5 dirt from the passing cotton or other fiber.

I will now describe the invention in connection with the drawings, Wherein Figure 1 is a view in end elevation of an inclined cleansing-trunk having the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of the same, enlarged, also showing a part of the interior construction; and Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section, enlarged.

In the drawings, A. represents the passage in the trunk through which the cotton or fiber is drawn or impelled.

B represents the bottom of the passage and which is provided with narrowdirt-escape openings 1) by the narrow bars I), which ex tend across the trunk from side to side thereof and are supported at their ends.

0 represents dirt-receiving chambers ex tending crosswise the trunk and of any desired or suitable width, each of which receives dirt through the openings b of the bottom B from the passing cotton or fiber and retains it until released. Each chamber is formed by the stationary cross-partitions c and the movable partitions or gates 0. Each movable o partition is in extension of the fixed partition 0 and is attached at its upper end to a crossshaft 0 having bearings upon each side of the trunk. The ends of these shafts extend from one side of the trunk sufficiently to receive arms connecting them with an operating-bar D. Each of said arms is lettered (1. Each is fast to the outer end of the cross-shaft and is pivoted at d to the bar D. The movement of this bar D in one direction will cause all the movable partitions or gates c to be s moved in that direction. Ordinarily the movable sections of the partitions occupy a position to close the chambers O. YVhen it is desired to free the chambers from dirt, the partitions or gates are then moved downward, thereby freeing themselves and the chambers from dirt resting against or in them'and also providing an unobstructed escape-passage for the dirt upon the bottom E, the dirt sliding down the bottom by gravity.

To convenientlylmove the bar D, I have represented it as connected with a lever F through one of the arms d, the arm f, and'the link f. The arm f is mounted upon the shaft 0 and the link f is pivoted at f to the lever F and to the end of the arm f. The lever F is pivoted at f and the clamping-nutffl' mounted on the threaded end of the pivot and provided with a handle is adapted to be turned against the lever to lock it in the position which it has when the partitions or gates are wide open or when closed or in any intermediate position. In Fig. 2 the partitions or gates are represented as closed, and the lever and its connections with the gates are shown in the positions which they then occupy. An upward movement of the lever causes the arm f to transmit the motion through the arm d to the bar D, moving it lengthwise the trunk and in a direction to turn all the shafts c of the various movable partitions or gates c to the position represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby converting a portion of each chamber into a continuous escape-passage having an inclined bottom and through which the dirt in thechambers slides or falls. An exhaust may be used for assisting in the removal of the dirt through this passage when open, if desired. 0

Having thus fully described myinvention,

I claim and desire to secure .by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, a passage through which cotton or 5 other fiber is fed, a grated bottom to said passage through which dirt may escape from the passing cotton or fiber in said passage, and

dirt-receiving chambers beneath said bottom having gates or partitions separating the same, and so movable that a portion of the chambers may be converted .into a dirt-escape passage.

2. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, dirt-receiving chambers beneath said passage connected therewith by openings through which dirt may pass from the said passage and which chambers are separated by movable gates or partitions, which serve in one capacity to separate the chambers and in another capacity to open them so that they then form a continuous escape-passage.

3. In a cleansing-trunk forcotton or other pickers, a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, a line ofdirt-receiving chambers beneath said passage connected with it by openings and the bottoms of which chambers form a continuous incline, and movable gates or partitions between the chambers for closing and opening the same.

4. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, and the dirt-receiving chambers O beneath said passage having the inclined bottom E and the partitions 0' extending to the bottom E and movable downwardly from an inclined closed position to open the chambers and provide a dirt-escape.

5. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, the dirt-receiving chambers G beneath said passage, and the movable partitions between them connected with each other to be simultaneously moved in the same direction, either to open any number of chambers to form an escape-passage or to close them.

6. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, the dirt-receiving chambers, their movable partitions, a common operating-lever and means for connecting said lever with the various movable partitions.

7. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, having a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed and a grated bottom thereto, the combination of a dirt-escape passage adapted to be converted into a series of dirt-receiving chambers, movable gates or partitions for transforming the one into the other, means for connecting the gates or partitions together whereby they may be simultaneously moved, and means for locking them in their open position.

8. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, having a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed and a grated bottom thereto, the combination of a dirt-escape passage adapted to be converted into a series of dirt-receiving chambers, movable partitions or gates for transforming the one into the other, means for connecting the gates or partitions together whereby they may be simultaneously moved, and means for locking them in their closed position.

9. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, having a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed and a grated bottom thereto, the combination of a dirt-escape passage adapted to be converted into a series of dirt-receiving chambers, movable partitions or gates for transforming the one into the other, means for connecting the gates or partitions together whereby they may be simultaneously moved, and means for locking them in their open and in. their closed positions.

10. In a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers, the combination of a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, and a grated bottom thereto with a dirt-escape passage adapted to be converted into a series of dirtreceiving chambers, movable partitions or gates for transforming the one into the other, means for connecting the gates or partitions togcther whereby they may be simultaneously moved, and means for locking them in any desired position.

11. The combination in a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers ot' the passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, with a plurality of dirt-receiving chambers beneath said grated bottom,and a gate or movable partition adapted in one-position to close a chamber from the next in order, and in another position to connect the same.

12. The combination in a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers of a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, with a plurality of dirt-receiving chambers, a partition between the same, and means for moving it from without the trunk to connect the chambers.

13. The combination in a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers of the inclined passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, its inclined grated bottom, the dirt-receiving chambers 0 having an inclined bottom, the fixed cross-partition c and the hinged movable partition in extension of the fixed partition between it and the inclined bottom.

14:. The. combination in a cleansing-trunk for cotton or other pickers of a passage through which cotton or other fiber is fed, a grated bottom thereto, with a plurality of dirt-receiving chambers, a movable partition between them, and means for moving said partition and for locking it in any desired position.

FREDERICK H. L. JAMES.

Witnesses:

ETHEL WV. SABIN, EDWIN I-I. ALEXANDER. 

